Fellow’s Clinical and Research Activities

FIRST YEAR:

Clinical: Fellow will primarily have clinical responsibilities. These will include:

1. Ten months of service - managing inpatient consults and patients under Pediatric GI service
   
   
2. Four half-day outpatient clinics (includes one-half day of fellow’s continuity clinic) per week
   
   
3. Minimum of four procedures per week, introduction to a wide variety of endoscopic procedures, indications, pre-procedure evaluation, patient preparation, conscious sedation, the technical aspects of the procedure, as well as post-procedure management
   
   
4. Leading pathology and radiology rounds

Research: The first year fellow will have one month of research time. Fellow will be expected to:

1. Familiarize themselves with the IRB approval process and be certified by the University’s IRB to conduct clinical and basic science research.
   
   
2. Participate in a monthly research course; learning about fundamentals of biostatistics and research methodology.
   
   
3. Identify Scholarly Oversight Committee (SOC)
   
   
4. Decide on an area of research interest under the guidance of the program director and be assigned to a specific research mentor.
   
   
5. Review and critique journal articles during weekly Pediatric Gastroenterology conferences

SECOND YEAR:

Clinical:  

1. Fellow will continue to attend outpatient clinics (two half day clinics), taking on supervisory role
   
   
2. Continue one-half day fellow’s continuity clinic
   
   
3. Further development of clinical management skills and procedures commonly practiced in Pediatric Gastroenterology, including therapeutic procedures (one month of managing inpatient consults and patients under GI service)

Research: The second year fellow will be expected to:

1. Complete a protocol with IRB approval during the first six months of this year.
   
   
2. Encouraged to submit case reports to journals or clinical vignette abstract to a national meeting.

THIRD YEAR:

Clinical: Fellow will

1. Continue to attend outpatient clinics (two-half day clinics), taking on supervisory role and administrative role
   
   
2. Continue one-half day fellow’s continuity clinic
   
   
3. Master the clinical management skills and procedures commonly practiced in Pediatric Gastroenterology (one month of service time managing inpatient consults and patients under Pediatric GI service)

Research: The third year fellow will be expected to:

1. Have completed data collection for his or her research midway through the third year
   
   
2. Analyze the data with their research mentor and begin preparation of a manuscript for submission to a peer reviewed journal by second half of the third year
   
   
3. Present their data as an abstract or oral presentation.

EDUCATION:

There are weekly Gastroenterology lectures that include: Pathology conference, Radiology conference, didactics, board review, journal club, joint Pediatric Surgery/GI conference, case conference, and IBD conference with Adult GI and Colorectal Surgery.
Our fellow will have the opportunity to rotate with Adult Gastroenterology for one month for further enhancement of their procedural skills. If the fellow is interested in a career with hepatology, liver transplant or motility, accommodations can be made for additional training at an outside institution for one month. Our fellow will also go on a one month rotation at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in New York City with their Liver & Intestinal Transplant Service during their second year of fellowship.